The Hotshots Of Granite Mountain

The site where fast moving flames trapped the granite mountain hotshots five years ago is dry scrub surrounded by stony hills on three sides.

The hotshots of granite mountain.

Blue ridge hotshot assistant superintendent captain trueheart brown drove the granite mountain chase vehicle himself all the way from where it was parked that morning over to the youth camp at the end of shrine road along with two other as yet unnamed blue ridge hotshots driving the gm crew carriers and of course brendan mcdonough in. On june 30 it overran and killed 19 members of the granite mountain hotshots. The safety zone wasn t planned yarnell hill fire officials had identified. On june 30 firefighters with the prescott fire department s interagency called the granite mountain hotshots were overrun and killed by the fire.

Juliann ashcraft said she found out her firefighter husband andrew was among the dead by watching. Granite mountain hotshots memorial state park was dedicated in 2016 as a place to remember the 19 granite mountain hotshot firefighters who were lost on june 30 2013 while fighting the yarnell hill fire. A three mile 4 8 km path leads from a parking area on highway 89 up to an observation deck. About granite mountain hotshots memorial state park.

Granite mountain hot shot firefighter autopsy reports 2013 yarnell hill fire. The yarnell hill fire was a wildfire near yarnell arizona ignited by lightning on june 28 2013. A trail follows the last steps of the hotshots down to the fatality site where they made their last stand. Visitors leave mementos on the wire box enclosures.

The granite mountain inter agency hotshots had been protecting the city with over 3 1 billion in assessed value over 18 000 homes and 24 000 residents. About granite mountain hotshots memorial state park. The helms never saw the granite mountain hotshots on the day they died and never knew the crew was working nearby. Entering their sixth season the 2013 granite mountain inter agency hotshots became instructors at the arizona incident and management academy.

Granite mountain hotshots memorial state park was created to honor the hotshots.